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March 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 1

  1. Purge Problem
  2. I'm New to Wikipedia...
  3. Section
  4. Talk page squeezing
  5. Left align header template
  6. Protection of a user talk page?
  7. wrongly accused
  8. please define 'established registered users'
  9. My Username
  10. House centipede pages
  11. Would this stage actress pass the english wikipedia's bio notability guidelines?
  12. Robert Godwin
  13. How to create an article??
  14. Odd font
  15. Placement of marker dots on maps in Settlement infobox
  16. I edited a page and that part got deleted?
  17. Double redirect + lost history
  18. PDF Version with Mozilla Firefox Plugin
  19. Help With Deletion
  20. Making a "stub" for a topic.
  21. Adding images to the user page
  22. "Based out of"
  23. Pre tags help

March 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 2

  1. cannot login to Wikipedia
  2. Nonsense in Burn Hall School page
  3. speech topic
  4. PDF file map
  5. Garbo - German Actors
  6. :File:New York Islanders logo (1995–97).svg
  7. Someone keeps undoing my corrections
  8. Easy template problem
  9. Admins protecting their own userpages
  10. Degree symbol (superscript)
  11. Car Dealerships
  12. releasing it to the web
  13. Arnold M. Zack
  14. How to prevent a vicious circle of account creation and blocking
  15. Uploading new image
  16. Gubernatorial elections?
  17. Missing footnote links
  18. Canadian & American Government Parties.
  19. book references
  20. Image gallery
  21. Question about a speedy delete

March 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 3

  1. Unprotected Article
  2. What does this edit do?
  3. Everyone Else
  4. Mathematics / symbols
  5. query
  6. :Category:Club software
  7. Logged in but cannot edit a semi-protected page
  8. Conflict of Interest?
  9. David Bryce
  10. Difference between negative "Deleted edits" and positive "Deleted edits"
  11. How to patrol an article ?
  12. Notability requirements for YourStory.in, The Indian Website for Entrepreneurs
  13. Wikipedia to Commons image transfer
  14. Proper protocol for requesting rename for the Village Pump subpages
  15. For my son's 16th he wants to eat at every fast food place in the area.
  16. Accessing user page
  17. How do you edit the title for a page
  18. Dunno what i should edit
  19. How to test templates by supplying test argument values on the template page?
  20. Apollo astronaut Lovell's family

March 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 4

  1. Article Title
  2. I ain't nobody's sockpuppet
  3. Not being able to submit pict
  4. Subject: The page called INDIGO CHILDREN
  5. Huggle
  6. Google Books
  7. Electronic siganture software?
  8. How do I add clean up templtes which I do not find in the list...
  9. Information about Economice trends
  10. copyrights
  11. Adding links
  12. Video question
  13. NO PICTURES
  14. changing the text at the top of a page
  15. quick question
  16. Sicilian Language
  17. New Template
  18. Siouxsie Sioux
  19. Edit to article just disappeared

March 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 5

  1. Help with redirect/shortcut mess
  2. Talking to an administrator
  3. Editing organisational pages
  4. Revert vandelism "to last version by____"
  5. Can anyone fix this problem?
  6. What font do I need installed for Wikipedia?
  7. utorrent
  8. transgender operation terminology
  9. Editing & using DVDs & video for references
  10. Bot reverting to vandalized version
  11. laser
  12. hey there
  13. cymbalta
  14. how to submit a new article in wikipedia
  15. Online Recharge for prepaid mobile phone & DTH services in India
  16. Page rank
  17. vandal warn
  18. New title
  19. The method of preparation for yaga kondam - how to make the yagna oma kundan?
  20. Categorisation of articles
  21. About usernames and IP addresses
  22. How do I?
  23. Indigo Children
  24. Links - Internal and External
  25. Northwest Province - Bamenda.jpg
  26. How do category pages work?
  27. trying to download a photo

March 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 6

  1. Wikipedia does not display correctly in my browser
  2. TONY ALVA'S WIKIPEDIA
  3. Citation template trouble
  4. Articles I would like others to take a look at
  5. Mega Tribulus PM
  6. Live near SF and have an hour to help Wikipedia?
  7. Please help! Another editor keeps reverting my corrected page.
  8. Adding a space in a template
  9. Question
  10. unreadable font
  11. AARGH! Purge!
  12. about hartley oscillator
  13. How to archive a GA review
  14. Wikipedia looking strange
  15. RfC Template Help
  16. Sorting Wiki pages
  17. What does it take for a new page to stay up?
  18. Citing Magazine
  19. Product label
  20. database administrator in canada
  21. language
  22. FPC, sort of...
  23. Quoting a letter
  24. COI resolution
  25. More Than Warmth and Judith Meeker
  26. print friendly version

March 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 7

  1. Linking to a Windows file share
  2. How to upload pics
  3. lupin spell check
  4. Secret page game
  5. Request for Administatorship
  6. I would like to be an admin
  7. Now that i have requested for adminship, what next?
  8. Thats not the way it is or should be
  9. Terminator Salvation
  10. editing articles by the subject of the article
  11. Rollback rights
  12. author of article
  13. May I translate?
  14. www.truthorfiction.com
  15. Pictures in Article

March 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 8

  1. Extension:VariablesExtension
  2. How do I fix this rectangle?
  3. Searching Watchlist Pages
  4. Considered myself as vandalizer- OOPS
  5. BOOK / OLD / RARE
  6. cree language
  7. Reading Wikipedia to a Blind person
  8. Moving to Commons
  9. Cite Error
  10. Could someone review my first article before I submit?
  11. wiki page
  12. Watchlist limit
  13. save my image!
  14. Documenting current state of research

March 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 9

  1. user talk pages - can I tell them about another wiki?
  2. Watchlist anomaly
  3. Some weirdness is going on...
  4. Overt or Covert Bias By Volunteer Administrators
  5. Saving and sharing a book?
  6. Multiple Sclerosis
  7. Why is wikipedia editing out factual information about Barak Obama?
  8. new article with same name as current article
  9. Censorship?
  10. Should a spaced em-dash in a proper name be preserved?
  11. PatelShots account posting not getting shared with everyone
  12. FORGOT PASSWORD
  13. Copyedit
  14. Created page for The Poncherellos and it was deleted (of course)
  15. ip addresses
  16. Should a new user be threatened with police action by a moderator for adding ane xternal link?
  17. Very Very complex history merge! (Possible?)
  18. How does an academic cite a Wikipedia article?
  19. printed versions are all bold with fonts that are too large
  20. Musings from a drunk man about notability, reputable sources, 'good vandalism', and awards for Wiki-comedy
  21. How do I let the Wikimedia Foundation know that I'm not going to donate any more money to their organization?
  22. Removing COI banner
  23. STACEY KEACH MOVIE
  24. Inaccuracies in a article
  25. Query about deletion process
  26. How do you know what articles need clean up?
  27. Sean Goldman
  28. Censorship and banning users
  29. Banning and censorship
  30. Infobox uk place not working
  31. Wannabe Kate problem
  32. Reliable information
  33. Watching talk pages of articles in a category

March 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 10

  1. The Bishop's School -- La Jolla
  2. How to convert Word Document into RTF
  3. Survey in San Francisco
  4. telecom
  5. Translation from German into English.
  6. CSD
  7. About Local TV (Telugu Infotainment Channel)
  8. Article count
  9. Not the Truth
  10. Adding a picture
  11. What mean?
  12. Citation trouble
  13. Help with link color
  14. Securely sharing private files
  15. download image
  16. finding personal home addresses
  17. How to changing the "search" name on an article
  18. How do I link to a file on Wikimedia Commons, when there's a file by the same name here on Wikipedia?
  19. Cash cow
  20. creating a page
  21. What do the red words in an article mean?
  22. why new info wont be accepted

March 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 11

  1. Ames Monument
  2. Restoring my watchlist
  3. Chateau Dudley Wayland MA
  4. WP:NPA
  5. commons
  6. template for undeleted article
  7. Proper way to copy or cite discussion on talk pages?
  8. transfer of credit hours
  9. :File:Kenya Provinces Riftvalley.png
  10. Linking to Commons
  11. Getting autoconfirmed status
  12. Letters with accents
  13. Editing titles for articles
  14. Warnings
  15. in-line template for "wrong" link?
  16. Capitalizing the title
  17. Why my posting is Tagged
  18. footnotes
  19. Upcoming albums for musicians
  20. false information
  21. archives fort lauderdale florida

March 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 12

  1. AFD history
  2. Problem with another editor
  3. How do I print an article
  4. How can I find articles in Sicilian? On the left there are so many languages but not Sicilian.
  5. Search for untagged words
  6. stub types
  7. Notice About Orphaned Images
  8. Hey
  9. How do I delete a Wikimedia commons picture that I uploaded?
  10. Television introduction
  11. What is the definition of NPT,BSPF,orPT124.195.194.1 (talk) 10:28, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
  12. Signature
  13. Toolserver help
  14. Footnotes
  15. How can I delete an article I created in error?
  16. Pulling a Ripper
  17. Working on New page
  18. Misspelled title
  19. SVG image corrupted
  20. replacing factory sound system
  21. I need to edit my own wiki account
  22. Enzo Farrari Coupe
  23. Maintaining GFDL history on article split - what to do in this case?
  24. How To Handle Possible External Link To Viral Site
  25. editing from a mobile

March 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 13

  1. Advice on how to make a template with yes/no parameter
  2. Incorrect link, as opposed to a dead link: How to edit?
  3. creating an informational box on article
  4. Table code
  5. warn editor about AfD
  6. Changing spaces to underscores
  7. Information on Flash Professional why is it used and who are the people that use the software?
  8. Font
  9. Update Company listing
  10. How do I add a jpg file I just uploaded to my Wikipedia article?
  11. Donation Banner
  12. Chicken Supreme
  13. question regarding when certain topics are highlighted with different colors
  14. Putting images on my wiki page
  15. Large volume media additions to WikiSource and/or Commons
  16. Removing Information
  17. Questions about corrections of material, editing, Conflict of Interest
  18. Article for RFID

March 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 14

  1. Self-Created SVG
  2. Correct Article template
  3. IP Address
  4. Age in BLP?
  5. Wikipedia access
  6. Locate Huggle on my computer
  7. HELP REGARDING ROBOTICS
  8. NPWatcher
  9. prctical topics
  10. email evidence for permissions
  11. hello to every1
  12. Burning a dvd ,without a graphics card installed..
  13. Photo credits / links
  14. What's the point?
  15. New user log
  16. problem logging in
  17. Full Page Protection?

March 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 15

  1. Wiki taskforce
  2. If I write it - will you load it up.
  3. Is the stanford university recognized/accredited with the ministry/government ofTCIsland, America?
  4. forum as a source ?
  5. how should I place sand box link on my user page
  6. A question about notability
  7. Windows mobile
  8. Problems with bots
  9. History link
  10. 1939 WORLDS FAIR-PERISPHERE
  11. Inserting Pictures
  12. abreviations
  13. Copyright on specific artwork 1923 and before
  14. Image problems
  15. Guidlines for use of aerial photographs as external links
  16. ?
  17. Finding interwiki links
  18. Easy questions (I think)
  19. two questions:
  20. Help - Need to translate English into Sanskrit/Hindi Text
  21. Signature formatting/customization
  22. Section of recently created article does not print out
  23. Treament
  24. Printing problem with Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company
  25. Don't know the name of what I'm looking for...
  26. Which (US) political party does Wikipedia endorse?
  27. When is certain pet article content a "How To"

March 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 16

  1. What are the attributes of the WikiProject template?
  2. Convert this code to wiki markup?
  3. BIPM question
  4. Should I delete this artcile and how?
  5. Copy right
  6. Arif Mardin
  7. Make a new page
  8. archives talk page
  9. Digital Light
  10. Continued printing problem with Dovey Johnson Roundtree article
  11. IE 7 reports errors on Wikipedia pages
  12. Question about replacing images
  13. medical measurements compared to teaspoons
  14. Discussion Talk page
  15. Contributing to :Category:Articles_needing_non-English_script_or_text
  16. Requests for Permissions
  17. Creating Profile for my CEO
  18. templates
  19. Wikipedia Vandalization Contest by Something Awful
  20. adding templates to my page.
  21. How do I...
  22. Category:Enoch
  23. Delete previous images
  24. AFD closure
  25. Help with username conflict
  26. Deletion of image
  27. Cannot reset password for account
  28. Pictures on PC

March 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 17

  1. Univesity creates false information
  2. categories
  3. Why does search for "wiki:<anything>" goes to a site of Ward Cunningham?
  4. Logo usage
  5. Why are my additions constantly deleted.
  6. Deletion of image
  7. history on coal camps
  8. some fear regarding location of tree in house
  9. problem with Professor Calculus page
  10. Help!!!!!
  11. Citing audio commentary
  12. photo's
  13. Redirect editing deleted the legal article
  14. Adding to listings
  15. Reflist
  16. can't recieve aol.com emails from my aunt
  17. After a final warning?
  18. Significant lag in updating Special:WhatLinksHere
  19. Ip as sockpuppet
  20. assignment
  21. Category
  22. importance of epidemiology to public heath
  23. Information Deleted...Why and where is it?
  24. Pet Peeve - log outs
  25. Following up on templates in article?
  26. Insert an image from Wikimedia Commons
  27. Unavailable on the mainland
  28. How Many?
  29. Quotation templates
  30. Missing for cargo plane crash in victoria lake on 09.03.2009
  31. Can I create a spoken wikipedia?
  32. How do I create an article if when I search the title, it redirects me to an already existing article?
  33. Proposal
  34. Streamlining certain types of pages
  35. Creating a New Page
  36. traveling distance from Singapore to Mauritius Africa
  37. Edit the edit page
  38. WHAT HAPPEN TO MY PAGE
  39. Plagiarism
  40. Special:LongPages

March 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 18

  1. Huggle
  2. Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  3. I need some help
  4. recording artist updates
  5. Reporting abuse
  6. photograph is mislabeled
  7. Distributor Information is currently incorrect

March 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 19

  1. Quick sourcing question
  2. The Abuse Filter Editor privilege
  3. How do I find out why my edits were deleted?
  4. Viewing ISO 15924 4-letter codes
  5. changing kids their last names from their original names?
  6. IP adress of registered user!
  7. Image from German page
  8. External Links by namespace
  9. quote of arms
  10. Creating a Page on Wikipedia about my Book .
  11. Wikipedia Author
  12. Changing a Title of an article
  13. Screenshot of Wikipedia article source
  14. Username
  15. How do I make it where the text is hidden, until someone clicks on something to make it appear?
  16. Error in Osvaldo Ardiles
  17. Why let anyone edit?
  18. creating a link
  19. messed up afd
  20. Special characters in names of places in Vietnam in article titles
  21. how do i delete an article name that is spelled wrong, but keep the article that has the correct spelling?
  22. Is it appropriate to edit for grammar and/or spelling?
  23. What did User:Willy on Wheels do?

March 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 20

  1. page revert and link editing problems
  2. RE: page revert and link editing problems
  3. Unable to edit Semi-protected article despite being an autoconfirmed user
  4. Poem "Two Irishmen and a Hebrew"
  5. Eternal Security in Jesus
  6. LOOKING FOR AN ONLINE DATA ENTRY - A GENUINE PORTAL
  7. For Malayalam Famous writer and director Ranjith
  8. is it
  9. Tracking Changes on an interactive page
  10. Unauthorized use of Wikipedia logo?
  11. Galich street map
  12. Random Article Button
  13. Adding to the list of languages

March 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 21

  1. Delmer Daves Filmography
  2. Watching talk page only?
  3. Quick question re Creative Commons
  4. Editor review
  5. Check an EL please
  6. New feature???
  7. Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States
  8. How famous does somebody have to be to have their own article?
  9. Save edit without leaving editing page
  10. Creating tables?
  11. Can I edit pages?
  12. Editor comparison tool
  13. archiving long user talk pages
  14. How can I respond to anonymous concerns about my new page?
  15. Expert-subject tags
  16. Warnings-Do they ever get cleared?

March 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 22

  1. :File:NCZooelephants.jpg
  2. Can I buy a cd with all of your articles on it.
  3. Non-free images in articles about living people
  4. Article formatting
  5. Adding External Links to Article on Naked Short Selling
  6. Uniting two userpages
  7. i would like to create a page for an artist of Pakistan based in UAE
  8. Making picture gallery larger than 4 across
  9. User page to encyclopedia
  10. Your entry on "EPSN Top 5 Reasons you can't blame..."
  11. Languages
  12. Following up on templates in article?
  13. Citing Wikipedia
  14. How many screen shot JPGs is fair use on a “List of Characters” page?
  15. Copying a talk page
  16. missing category
  17. link rerouting to an article on wikipedia in a malicious way
  18. Articles for Deletion/Voting
  19. Linking to a section of a new page

March 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 23

  1. MsAccess
  2. How to find some of newest articles?
  3. Mistaken Ip identity
  4. How do I request undeletion of a deleted page?
  5. How do I get a copyrighted university logo uploaded on a site when not beeing a confirmed user
  6. problem viewing wikipedia page via firefox 3
  7. How do I make a complaint against a user?
  8. Changing the headline / search criteria
  9. New Article
  10. Email from wikimedia address
  11. Flickr images upload for a User
  12. A picture i took of a copyrighted work
  13. An account I no longer use needs deleted

March 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 24

  1. Death Certs
  2. To secure or not to secure?
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Departing editor vandalism?
  5. cameo jewelry
  6. Looking for a template
  7. Collin palmer
  8. Rootsweb
  9. Need to cancel account, and I no longer have the email address
  10. find locations
  11. review my first article, please
  12. Creating a contents box
  13. How to ADD my companies description as an article.
  14. linking data with wikipedia articles
  15. changing the title of an article (when searched for)
  16. BLP
  17. Entires with the Same Name
  18. 10,000 reviewed article
  19. My problem or everyone's?
  20. Fiction Type

March 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 25

  1. Information box on side
  2. Tables embedded in collapsible tables
  3. Uploading Creation of article
  4. Edit counter
  5. Can I use information i read in my report?
  6. Can some one help
  7. edit this page
  8. Moslem Terrorism
  9. Can't 'Go' or 'Search' when logged in
  10. Adding a definition
  11. Merge request remedy
  12. Creating a new page with disambiguation
  13. User script compatability
  14. Adding pictures
  15. uploading images for use in the main encyclopedia
  16. Wikipedia table formatting
  17. Categories still not working for article
  18. Erase the search history
  19. Request for Un-Deletion of Article of Muhammad Abubakar Durrani

March 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 26

  1. Citing websites for use as a reference in a wiki
  2. How...
  3. Subpage and new article
  4. Forgot password for old account
  5. Images
  6. Help with uploaded picture and the copyright tag
  7. Migrating images using Commons Helper
  8. Anti euphemism patrol
  9. How to contact someone who is credited with a photo caption for more references and usages. Please.
  10. disconnect database from WinXp to server Linux
  11. Problem with Wikiproject Philosophy Participants page
  12. Namespace numbers
  13. Lost login details
  14. How to toggle to insert mode for symbols, Wiki markup, Greek, etc. while editing
  15. Editing Protected Pages
  16. Viewing changes made on a certain date
  17. Report a User
  18. How To
  19. Translations
  20. Country locator maps - claimed territories
  21. what are Hedge Funds
  22. Table cleanup
  23. Article
  24. march 25th.
  25. Where to put code snippets
  26. Where do I ask for a semi protection
  27. Citing Sources

March 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 27

  1. How do i do it?
  2. Page Edits_ do not appear
  3. Uploading pages in different languages
  4. 405th Fighter Bomber Group
  5. Understanding Archiving bots
  6. How do I get my article to go public?
  7. Image problem
  8. WP:CSD#I9
  9. Can you crack a avvvount for me? or I hare to Start ocver
  10. Adoption? sorry
  11. Ancient sources
  12. Fixing capitalisation
  13. Online Status
  14. Best way to remove lots of red links
  15. Mido (watch) deletion??
  16. need to know how to get to sao paulo
  17. make your own userboxes
  18. The consensus on lists
  19. Changing title
  20. Publishing the source
  21. Wikipedia will not display math formulas or illustrations.
  22. When it's just so wrong...
  23. How to get list of all articles in a category
  24. Article draft question
  25. Mindwipe
  26. Pipe in article title
  27. Napoleon I article
  28. How does one create a new article?
  29. onesided article
  30. daniela mercury
  31. Revising the rules for deleting articles on open-source software
  32. Look Over an Article

March 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 28

  1. Leo Rautins
  2. Finding an upcoming Movie
  3. Trapped in 1995
  4. How to edit an article
  5. Article reference question
  6. Redirect or AfD?
  7. How do I put a video in an article?
  8. Uploading PDF files
  9. Identifying Articles without Images
  10. hello
  11. Article help
  12. mcafee

March 29

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 29

  1. Wikipedia doesn't display on IE7
  2. Moved Sandbox
  3. Importing image from foreign Wikipedia article
  4. How do I add a template to dispute neutrality?
  5. Engineers Without Borders Wikipedia Page
  6. Printing articles
  7. Favorite articles
  8. Copyright tag for a Logo...
  9. My login name
  10. Obama
  11. Enlarging Maps
  12. Swaminarayan
  13. Citing for projects
  14. Chess grandmaster Igor Miladinović page.
  15. Error in article name
  16. author
  17. Uncreated finance articles
  18. How do I contact a person ?
  19. Shipping

March 30

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 30

  1. Wikipedia Stats
  2. do I need a cite for things like this......?
  3. i need help;
  4. Most recent articles
  5. question
  6. Watching user contributions
  7. Logged me out
  8. Can I remove the speedy deletion tag form this aritlce
  9. Article Help
  10. Where's the talk page?
  11. Talk page to Article(Main) page Conversion
  12. Population in cities
  13. Delhi College of Engineering
  14. Problems with category use in User pages
  15. monochrome TV transmitter and reciever
  16. Trey Hooten
  17. Trouble reverting vandalism
  18. how to format user page?
  19. Copyright

March 31

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2009 March 31

  1. website hosting
  2. Rename 2009 Lahore police academy attacks ?
  3. Editor passed away
  4. Inaccuracy in Scott Vitale entry
  5. Quick question on regexes
  6. Wikipedia alphabetization policy
  7. Royal Descent
  8. External links
  9. Luciano Zotti
  10. 3G Card
  11. Australian Number
  12. Editing the title of the page
  13. abanded propery law
  14. Subject line on the page I entered is not showing up as ALL CAPS like it should.
  15. Fixing Infobox template
  16. new web pages
  17. Deleting your user account
  18. chemistry
  19. Sciences
  20. What do we call articles like this one: